THE Father’s Day Plant Fair is back for another year this Sunday 4 September at the Noosa Botanic Gardens.
The annual sale is always a great success and offers a wide range of plants and gardening-related items for sale.
Event organisers the Noosa Botanic Gardens Friends (NBGF) will be selling a range of native plants and tube stock along with Fairhills, the leading wholesale nursery for quality Australian native plants.
Kids can learn all about bees, butterflies, microbats and pollination at the Pollination Corridor, and at 10am hear all about how, without plant collectors, there would be no chocolate, coffee, tea or grains.
At noon there will be a talk on how to grow delicious edibles through designing the best vegetable garden, improving soil health and achieving the best crops for the warm summer months – but those pesky insects and pests like to eat crops too, so at 2pm everyone is welcome to discover how to keep them at bay.
And of course to adorn the dining table, event goers can learn all about the orchid and how to grow it from 10.30am.
And there’s more … but you’ll have to go to the Plant Fair to find out. Arrive early to ensure you get your pick. There will also be plenty to eat and drink including billy tea, damper, bacon and eggs, plus entertainment from a bush poet.
The Father’s Day Plant Fair is on Sunday 4 September, from 9am to 3pm, at the Noosa Botanic Gardens, Lake MacDonald.
For more information visit www.noosabotanicgardens-friends.org.au
